Seagate hard drive issues on Windows 10 [STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE]

Seagate is a famous hard drive manufacturer, but despite the quality of Seagate’s devices, there might be some issues with Windows 10.

Users have reported issues with Seagate drives, Seagate external hard drives, and several other problems, so let’s fix these issues.

How can I fix Seagate hard drive issues on Windows 10?

Seagate hard drives offer high quality, but they can also experience certain issues once in a while. Many Seagate owners reported the following problems on their PC:

Seagate hard drive quit working – Several users reported that their Seagate hard drive suddenly quit working. If you encounter this problem, be sure to try some of our solutions.

Seagate hard drive won’t turn on, show up, work, mount – Various issues with Seagate drives can occur, and many users reported that their drive won’t show up, work or mount. This can be a big problem since you won’t be able to access your files.

Seagate hard drive Error code 43 – Error code 43 is relatively common, and it will prevent you from accessing your files. However, you might be able to fix it by using one of our solutions.

Seagate hard drive you can only read – In some cases, you won’t be able to write any files to your Seagate drive. If that’s the case, be sure to check if your drive isn’t write protected.

Seagate hard drive undetectable, unable to read – Many users reported that they are unable to read their drive. In fact, several users reported that their drive is undetectable. This might be caused by your setting or by a faulty hard drive.

Seagate hard drive Access denied – Another problem that can occur with Seagate drives is Access denied message. This is usually caused by the lack of security permissions.

Seagate hard drive keeps disconnecting, beeping, freezing, blinking, ejecting, disappearing, clicking, shutting down – There is a wide array of issues that can occur with Seagate drives, and you should be able to solve most of them by using one of our solutions.

Fix – Seagate driver Windows 10 problems

Solution – Remove Paragon driver software and reinstall it

Paragon driver can often cause issues with Seagate Backup Plus, and in order to fix these issues, you will have to reinstall Paragon driver. To uninstall Paragon driver, just go Settings > System > Apps & Features and remove it.

After doing that, go to Seagate’s website, download Paragon driver and install it again. In addition, some users advise to install Paragon driver using Compatibility mode. To do that, follow these instructions:

Go to Compatibility tab. Check Run this program in compatibility mode for and select older version of Windows. You might have to experiment with different versions until you fix this issue. Click Apply and OK to save the changes.

Fix – Seagate external hard drive problems on Windows 10

Solution 1 – Disable Fast Startup

If you’re using Seagate external hard drive, your external hard drive might not be recognized if you’re using Fast Startup. Fast Startup is turned on by default in Windows 10, but let’s see how to turn it off.

To turn off Fast Startup, follow these steps:

Press Windows Key + S, and type Control Panel. From the list of results select Control Panel.

Go to the Hardware and Sound> Power Options.

In the left pane click Choose what the power button does.

Click Change settings that are currently unavailable.

Scroll down to the Shutdown settings section and uncheck Turn off fast startup (recommended). Click on Save changes.

This is a simple workaround if your Seagate external hard drive isn’t recognized by Windows 10. In order to do this, you’ll need one more USB device that is connected to your computer.

In our example, we used a USB mouse, but any other USB device should work.

When your computer boots to Windows 10, unplug the USB device that is working, for example, your USB mouse.

Connect your USB mouse to a different USB port.

Connect Seagate external hard drive to the USB port that was used by your USB mouse before you unplugged it.

Now your Seagate external hard drive should start working again. We have to mention that this solution works with Seagate hard drives such as Seagate GoFlex, so if you own GoFlex device make sure that you try this solution.

Although this is a simple solution, the only downside to it is that you’ll have to do it every time you start your computer.

Fix – Seagate Central issues on Windows 10

Solution 1 – Switch to local account

Users have reported that they are unable to connect to Seagate Central network drive on Windows 10, and if you have this issue, you can try switching to a local account. To switch to a local account, follow these steps:

Open Settings and go to Accounts.

In Your account section click Sign in with a local account instead.

Enter your Microsoft account password and click Next.

Now you need to enter new username and password that you want to use.

After you’ve done that, just click Sign out and finish.

Log in back to your local account.

After switching to the local account, check if the issue still appears.

Once you assign a drive letter to your Seagate drive, it should start working again.

Solution 2 – Uninstall External Hard drive drivers

If you have problems accessing Seagate GoFlex on Windows 10, maybe you should try using the default drivers. In order to use default drivers, you need to uninstall your current external hard drive drivers. To do that, follow these steps:

Fix – Seagate NAS Windows 10 issues

Solution – Install Seagate Discovery version 1.40.1041.002

Windows 10 users have reported that they are unable to access Seagate NAS (network attached storage) on Windows 10, and if you have this problem, you should try installing Seagate Discovery version 1.40.1041.002.